Investigation

Man Jumps from Apartment Window During Arrest

File Number: 2016-010
Date Opened: 2016-04-14
Date Closed: 2016-07-27

Date Published: 2016-09-21

Province: Nova Scotia

Police Agency: Halifax Regional Police

Status: Concluded
Decision: No charges laid

Summary

Late on the evening of April 14, 2016, three members of the Halifax Regional Police (HRP), Officer 1, Officer 2, and Officer 3, went to an apartment on Galaxy Avenue in Dartmouth to attempt to arrest the Affected Person, (AP), a 32- year-old male wanted on a warrant. They met AP at the apartment where he lived with his girlfriend. They were also investigating a complaint of theft against the girlfriend. After speaking with AP, they waited outside the apartment for a few minutes. They then learned AP had jumped out of the apartment window, and soon found him hiding under a car in a nearby parking lot with a serious leg injury. EHS was immediately called, and AP was taken to hospital where a significant fracture to his tibia was confirmed. As a result of the injury, SiRT was called and assumed responsibility for the investigation of the injury that night. The investigation was completed on July 27, 2016. During the investigation SiRT spoke with AP, his girlfrie nd, the superinten…

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